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Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 Fairly common statewide in NC along streams, swamp edges, and other moist habitats. | |
Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 Opposite leaves and arcuate veins (veins that curve toward the leaf tip) characterize most species of dogwoods in the eastern U.S. | |
Silky Dogwood, Swamp Dogwood (Cornus amomum) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 White flowers appear in late spring and early summer. | |
Silky Dogwood (Cornus obliqua) Watauga Co., NC 21 July 2006 Common in the NC mountains and very similar to the species above, this silky dogwood differs from the species above by the shape of the leaf base and by the type of hairs on the undersides of the leaves. |
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 Common in mesic forested habitats in the western half of North Carolina. | |
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 | |
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 | |
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 | |
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 Leaves are glaucous below. | |
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 | |
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Clusters of white flowers appear in the spring and dark fruits develop in late summer. | |
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Unlike most dogwoods, Alternate-leaf Dogwood has alternate leaves (duh). | |
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 Young stems and trunks are green. |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Moore Co., NC 12 Apr 2008 Common statewide in and along the edges of various wooded habitats. | |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Moore Co., NC 12 Apr 2008 The "flowers" are actually clusters of small greenish-yellow flowers in the middle of 4 large white petal-like bracts. | |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Moore Co., NC 12 Apr 2008 | |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Orange Co., NC 4 Sep 2008 Bright red fruits attract many species of birds. | |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Orange Co., NC 4 Sep 2008 | |
Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Roanoke Island, Dare Co., NC 7 Nov 2009 Foliage often turns deep red in the fall. |
Bunchberry Dogwood, Dwarf Dogwood (Cornus canadensis) Washington Co., ME 8 July 2011 Not known from NC, and rare in the Virginia mountains, Bunchberry Dogwood is common in the northern US and Canada, where these photos was taken. < |
Bunchberry Dogwood, Dwarf Dogwood (Cornus canadensis) Quebec, Canada 5 Aug 2005/td> |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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